Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough

Born into Anglo-Irish gentry, Gough was the son of Lieutenant Colonel George Gough and Letitia Gough (née Bunbury), of Lisnavagh. One of his ancestors was a Wiltshire born descendant of Ranulf de Briquessart, who settled in Ireland in the 17th century. Gough was commissioned into the Limerick Militia on 7 August 1793. He transferred to a locally raised regiment on 7 August 1794 and, having been promoted to lieutenant in the 119th Regiment of Foot on 11 October 1794, transferred to the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot on 6 June 1795. He took part in the capture of the Cape of Good Hope in September 1795 during the French Revolutionary Wars and transferred to the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot in December 1795, before being deployed with the 1st Battalion of the 87th to the West Indies, taking part in the expedition to Dutch Guiana in 1799. He was promoted to captain on 25 June 1803, and a year later, after his return, promoted to major of the newly raised 2nd Battalion of his Prince of Wales's Irish. ==Peninsular War==

Gough joined Sir Arthur Wellesley in Spain in January 1809 and commanded the 2nd Battalion of his regiment at the Battle of Talavera in July 1809, during which he was wounded. he also took part in the Siege of Tarifa in January 1812, the Battle of Vitoria in June 1813 and the Battle of Nivelle, during which he was again badly wounded in November 1813. appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 4 June 1815 and appointed a Knight Bachelor on 16 March 1816. Promoted to colonel on 12 August 1819, Gough became commanding officer of the 22nd Regiment of Foot in County Tipperary where he also served as a local magistrate. and advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 18 September 1831. ==Service in the east==

, his former home in County Dublin, Ireland Gough became General Officer Commanding the Mysore division of the Madras Army in 1837. he also led the assault at the Battle of Amoy in August 1841. and promoted to the substantive rank of lieutenant general on 23 November 1841, he commanded the British forces at the Battle of Chapu in May 1842 and at the Battle of Chinkiang in July 1842. After the Treaty of Nanking, the British forces were withdrawn and he returned to India. and was promoted to the local rank of full general in India on 3 March 1843. In August 1843 Gough became Commander-in-Chief, India, and in December 1843 he led the British forces in action against the Mahrattas defeating them decisively at the conclusion of the Gwalior campaign. The Second Anglo-Sikh War started in 1848, and again Gough took to the field commanding in person at the Battle of Ramnagar in November 1848 and at the Battle of Chillianwala in January 1849. He retired from active service later that year and was promoted to the substantive rank of full general on 20 June 1854. Gough also served as colonel of the 99th Regiment of Foot, as colonel of the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot and later as colonel of the Royal Horse Guards. In Dublin, he was a member of the Kildare Street Club. He was promoted to field marshal on 9 November 1862. ==Death and commemoration==

by the Dublin-born sculptor John Henry Foley. , Dublin, from 1878 to 1957 He died at St. Helen's, his home in Booterstown, on 2 March 1869 and was buried in Stillorgan. An equestrian statue of Gough by John Foley was ultimately erected outside the city, in Dublin's Phoenix Park in 1878 The cannon referred to were captured by Gough in China and India and yielded 15 tons of gun-metal for the statue. ==Family==

In June 1807, Gough married Frances Maria Stephens, daughter of General Edward Stephens. As the 1st Viscount Gough, he set down a family seat near Gort at Lough Cutra Castle, County Galway, Ireland, when purchased by him in 1852. Gough's first cousins included Thomas Bunbury of Lisnavagh, County Carlow, MP for Carlow, and Jane McClintock of Drumcar, mother of the 1st Baron Rathdonnell. ==Arms==